Jambalaya

Carpenters

RockEasy for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              C                               G     
Good-bye Joe, he gotta go,  me -  oh,   my - oh.  
                      G7              C  
He gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou.  
                             G  
Here's Yvonne sweetest one, me  -  oh,  my  -  oh.  
                       G7          C  
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou.  
   
C                                        G  
Thibodeau,  Fontainbleau,  the place is buzzin'  
                      G7             C  
Kin folk come to see Yvonne  by  the dozen.  
                                                  G   
Dressed in style,  they go hog wild,  me  -  oh,  my   -  oh  
                            G7           C  
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou.  
   
  
C                                   G  
Jumbay -la   crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo,  
                            G7        C  
For tonight I'm gonna see my me-cher a me - oh  
                                    G  
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-oh  
                            G7           C  
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou.  
   
C                                       G  
Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue,  
                        G7           C  
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou.  
                                    G  
Swap his mun  to by Yvonne what she need-oh,  
                          G7           C  
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.  
   
(Lead),   (chorus)   (chorus)

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Chord set

C · G · G7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.